Event Guide - Siamsa Tíre

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CLÁR IMEACHTAÍ
Event Guide
January - April 2016
Celebrating Irish Culture through the Arts • Home to the National Folk Theatre
Box Office 066 71230551
National Folk Theatre
of Ireland
We bring together the people of Kerry and visitors from all
over the world to enjoy the best of Irish culture – music,
song and dance. Come and join us for a performance in
our wonderful theatre in Tralee, in beautiful County Kerry,
looking out over the Slieve Mish Mountains and the Dingle
peninsula.
Siamsa Tíre protects, develops and explores Irish culture
and traditions, who we are, where we come from and who
we are going to be. Thousands of visitors have enjoyed our
performances of Irish music, song and dance as a highlight
of their trip to Ireland. There is an energy, a wildness,
a passion about these performances, using the best of
traditional arts, which come together to create a memorable
and emotional experience for our visitors.
So, check out our reviews on Trip Advisor, see some fabulous
footwork and clips of the performances on our website –
www.siamsatire.com and then come and visit us.
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Saturday
2
nd
January
Sunday
3
rd
January
The Wizard Of Oz
Oliver Hurley Productions
&
Shows 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Tickets €17/€15
Family of 4: €62
Family of 5: €75
Welcome to the most
magical pantomime ever!
Following on from the success
of the 2014 pantomime,
ALADDIN, once again Oliver
Hurley Productions bring you
the most Spectacular Christmas
Panto in the Land.
Saturday
27th 30th
to
January
Pantomime
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Classical
Wednesday
January
Les
Miserables
A Viennese Strauss Gala
Wednesday
World On Stage
3rd
February
Family/Musical
SCHOOL EDITION
Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School
Show 8pm • Tickets €15/€12
This epic saga tells of social injustice and the struggle for
redemption in nineteenth century France. Ex-convict Jean
Valjean is trying to live an honest life, but is relentlessly
pursued by a ruthless policeman Javier. Enjoy some of the
most memorable songs in musical history: I Dreamed a
Dream, One Day More, and Master of the House.
School Edition special adaptation licensed by JOSEF
WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE
INTERNATIONAL and CAMERON MACKINTOSH (OVERSEAS)
LIMITED
Show 8pm • Tickets €23/€21
“A very picturesque presentation of romantic nostalgia”
This magnificent show re-creates the nostalgia and romance of the Viennese Summer
season, introducing the audience to a by-gone age of glamorous soirées and Strauss
waltzes and comprises highlights from some of the great operettas of Strauss, Kalman
and Lehar: including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and many more.
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Drama
Aran Islands
The Nualas:
The Glitterbomb Tour
Comedy
Thursday
Co-Motion Media
4th
February
Saturday
Show 8pm – Tickets €16/€13
6th
February
By J.M. Synge, adapted for the stage
by Joe O’Byrne
JM Synge wrote four books about his trips to the Aran
Islands, where he gathered much of the material that he
would mine for the great plays he is most famous for. What
Synge describes in these books, with their stories, humour,
funerals, evictions, and exposure to the elements, is an
essential part of what makes up Irish culture. Featuring actor
Brendan Conroy.
Joe O’Byrne has brought to the stage many adaptations,
including Frank Pig Says Hello by Patrick McCabe, and The
Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle.
Show 8 pm • Tickets €18/€16
The Nualas are celebrating their 21st birthday! With scorchingly brilliant new songs, red hot new chat and
blistering new shoes, they are jetting in for one night only to leave you helpless with laughter, delirious with
pleasure, and a little disorientated if you can’t remember which door you came in.
‘Staggeringly impressive three-part harmonies and a savage, biting wit.’ Metro Scotland
‘They’re funny. Simple as.’ The Irish Times
Suitable for 15+, adult themes
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7
Music
Ergodos Musicians
Thursday
11th
Music Network
Wednesday
10
th
February
February
Comedy
Show 8pm – Tickets €16/€13
Prepare to be utterly entranced as five of Ireland’s finest
contemporary musicians celebrate the undying power of
song, the most constant of musical forms. The ensemble
segues seamlessly from medieval hymns and Baroque
arias to 70s folk-rock and contemporary pop, one beguiling
meditation on love, longing and loss melting into the next.
Ergodos is the brainchild of composers Benedict SchlepperConnolly and Garrett Sholdice. They are joined by Michelle
O’Rourke on vocals, Cellist Kate Ellis, (Artistic Director of
Crash Ensemble), and reed maestro Seán Mac Erlaine.
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Skiddlywup
Foil, Arms & Hog
Show 8pm • Tickets €16
Ireland’s top comedy trio go on tour following sell-out runs at the Dublin and Edinburgh Fringe festivals. With over four
million hits on YouTube and an endorsement from Rowan Atkinson, Foil Arms and Hog are one of the country’s finest comedy
prospects. In their new show ‘SkiddlyWup’, they showcase a delicious blend of bizarre, surreal and hilarious comedy scenes
with outrageous characters and unexpected twists.
‘The comedy sketch trio have never lost their original flavour...In Skiddlywup, they’re masterful on stage’ - HHHHH The Irish Times
“Pure Brilliant” – Tommy Tiernan
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Drama
Language
Unbecoming A Lady
Bottom Dog Productions
Show 8pm – Tickets €16/€13
Myles Breen’s critically acclaimed one man
show explores themes of identity and love lost
and found, set to the backdrop of the music
of Judy Garland and Billie Holiday. The story of
one man’s journey growing up gay in Ireland is
hilarious, tragic but ultimately uplifting. Adored by
audiences all over Ireland, Bottom Dog have just
returned from Origin’s 1st Irish Theatre Festival
in New York where the play was nominated for
several awards for Myles Breen’s ‘hilarious and
mesmerizing’ performance (Irish Echo). Directed
by Liam O’Brien.
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Saturday
Family/Children
Bake
13th
February
Paul Curley
Shows 12noon & 3pm • Tickets €6
Sift the flour, Beat the eggs, Add the butter, Sprinkle
sugar ...... now, Bake!
Friday
12
th
February
This is a story about the Baker and his Daughter, and the Queen
and her Son. It’s Prince Fredrik’s 9th birthday, but who will
bake the royal birthday cake? As things heat up in the busy
basement kitchen of the Queen’s palace, the young apprentice
baker Madeleine attempts to prove herself to her Father.
A delightful theatre experience for young audiences performed by
Paul Curley and designed by Ger Clancy. Suitable for audiences 4-6yrs.
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&
February
It’s The Biggest Yet!
February
18th
The Ronan Collins Showband Show, a smash hit right around the
country, returns to Siamsa Tíre - and we think this could be the VERY
BEST line up yet! RTE’s Ronan Collins is host, Brendan Bowyer, the King,
returns, along with the wonderful Joe Mac from the Dixies Showband,
Gina from the Champions, Shaun O’Dowd, Keith and Lorraine McDonald
and the Conquerors Showband. Bringing you back in time to a unique
and never to be repeated time in Irish entertainment!
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&
February
February
February
Sunday
Music
Thursday
Momday
28 29th
th
24th 25th
Reeling In
The Showband Years
Show 8pm – Tickets €30/€28
Sunday
Thursday
Wednesday
Music
21st
February
St. John’s
Pipe Band [Pipe & Drums]
Show 8pm • Tickets €11
Tralee Pipes and Drums (St. Johns Pipe Band) recently
celebrated its fiftieth anniversary having won the world
championship in 2014 and with the Drum Corps coming
third in the world at the championships in Glasgow. To
put on record their wonderful achievements to date, the
band is recording a CD of their music. The concert will
highlight the quality and versatility of the band in playing
all types of music on the bagpipes and will show why the
band are regarded as one of the best in the world.
Drama
Crisscross
Zyber Theatre
Show 8pm • Tickets €16/€14
A play in two acts written by John Fraher. CrissCross is set in a
pub somewhere in Ireland - not very original one could say - but
this is no ordinary pub. No, indeed. The time could be in the Past,
Present or even the Future….who knows? It’s a Time Warp. This
bar is populated by two sets of Owners/Customers in different
Times/Worlds, an Irish Twilight Zone! Two main stories are told.
Their stories unfold separately, but somehow the stories get
intertwined. The characters don’t know that the others exist.
However they may experience a presence or a smell…
Strong adult themes permeate throughout the play, suitable for 12+
Variety
Springtime
Churchill Players Drama Group
Show 8pm • Tickets €17
In their 26th year of entertaining the people of North Kerry and
beyond, this Variety Show will exceed all expectations, under the
guidance of the AIMS’ award winning Director, Oliver Hurley, and
the renowned Musical Director, Noelle Barrett. The talent of this
70 member performing group, aged from 7 to 70 has got to be
witnessed - the survival of small organisations is in the hands of
their dedicated younger members! The nominated Charity this
year is “Kerry Cancer Support Health Link Bus”.
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Family/Children
Catch Me
Saturday
27th
February
Fidget Feet
Show 2.30pm – Tickets €9
Family of 4: €30
Red Riding Hood takes flight in this classic fairy tale with
an aerial circus spin. Come and watch this thrilling story
retold as Red Riding Hood and the Wolf swing high above
the audience. Full of Fidget Feet’s trademark playfulness,
Catch Me is a stunning mix of aerial feats and theatre.
With an original score and visual projections that come
alive around the performers, no two shows can ever be
the same.
“You are left utterly stunned. Excellent.”
- HHHHH The Irish Times
Suitable for both children (10+) and adults. Younger children
are welcome but parental discretion is advised.
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Music
Albert Hammond
Live!
Tuesday
1st
March
Show 8pm • Tickets €27
One of the all-time greatest song writers, Albert Hammond’s
live performances are also tremendous! For this stunning
show, he will be joined by his own band to present a journey
through five decades of classic hits. This stunning show
contains his most successful songs including, It Never Rains
in Southern California, The Air That I Breathe, Down By The
River, When I Need You. The man is simply a living legend.
Don’t miss him in concert!
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Classical
Young-Choon Park
Thursday
3
rd
March
Show 8pm • Tickets €16/€13
Lecture
Those Frightful Rebels
Women and the 1916 Rising
Lecture 8pm – Tickets €5
Dr Mary McAuliffe
Inspired by the powerful ideologies which were driving the socio-political transformation of Ireland in the first decades of the
20th century, women were an integral part of the Easter Rising. The stories of the Women of the Irish Citizen Army, Cumann
na mBan, allow a retelling of the 1916 Rising from a more nuanced perspective, showing the extraordinary complexity of their
histories. In the context of the forthcoming male-centered centenary commemorations, Mary looks closely at the unsung
contributions of women to revolutionary activism and to the interlinked campaigns for, national freedom, female suffrage and
citizenship, as well as the campaign for workers’ rights.
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Mary McAuliffe holds a PhD from the School of History and Humanities, Trinity College, Dublin. She lectures on the UCD Women’s
Studies programmes at UCD and is the the co-editor on an upcoming publication, Kerry in 1916.
Friday
4th
March
The South Korean born pianist Young-Choon Park
makes a welcome return performing well known
works by Mozart, Schumann and Chopin. The young
child prodigy gave her first recital at the age of
seven and later gained the highest Master’s degree
at the Hochschule in Munich. She tours extensively,
performing at major concert venues including the
Birmingham Symphony Hall, Belfast Waterfront Hall,
and Lincoln Centre New York. Tonight’s programme
includes works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann
and Chopin.
“…individually refreshing, while demonstrating real
passion and style as well as outstanding technical
proficiency…” - Sunday Times
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Saturday
5th
Thursday
10
th
March
Family/Children
The Speks
Show 2pm – Tickets €8
The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes
and sing-along songs to acoustic Irish music which
will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! Their
hand-clapping, toe-tapping show is all about life
on Glasses Island – a magical island off the coast of
County Clare where everybody wears glasses! They
encourage everyone to sing and clap along during
their performances. This will be a great, fun event
for kids aged 2 to 92!
Musical
March
Saturday
to
12th
March
Sweeney Todd
Light Opera Society Tralee
Show 8pm • Tickets €18/€16
Stephen Sondheim’s darkly comedic masterpiece
is presented by the award-winning Light Opera
Society of Tralee. In essence an opera, Sweeney
Todd tells the tale of Benjamin Barker whose life
and family were destroyed by corruption. He
returns to London after years of imprisonment for
crimes he did not commit. The story unfolds….
“If your little ones love fantastic, magical songs ... then
The Speks are for you!” - Tom Dunne, Newstalk
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Family/Children
Saturday
12
th
Family/Children
March
The Book Clinic
Children’s Books Ireland
Open from 11am – 3pm • Free Event
Are you a young reader? Looking for a new series to delve
into? Feeling uninspired by your bookshelves at home?
Do you need a prescription for an exciting new read? Then
pop along to the Book Clinic where you can visit the Book
Doctor, consult on your favourite reads and come away
with a prescription for your next book which you can take
to your local bookshop or library!
The Book Clinic is for 0-18 but tends to be most popular for
children between 6 and 12
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Schools
Caith
Amach É
High Rock Productions
Saturday
19th
The Quiet Tree
Ceol Connected
March
Monday
14th
March
Shows 10.30am & 12.30pm – Tickets €8
Cuireann High Rock Productions i láthair- seó grinn den chéadscoth
bunaithe ar an sraith pictiúr don Ardteistiméireacht. Clúdaítear gach
sraith don Bhéaltriail 2016 i seó bríomhar, barúil agus spreagúil, lán
le stíleanna eagsúla drámaíochta: Tá clú agus cáil ar ar an seó mar
bhealach spraíúil chun daltaí a spreagadh i dtreo na Gaeilge.
Caith Amach é is a smash hit comedy based on the Leaving Cert Irish
oral exam. It’s a fast-paced, physical, comic sketch show covering each
of the 20 picture sequences for the 2016 Leaving Cert. It has been
acclaimed by both students and teachers for inspiring students to enjoy
learning Irish. Suitable for both Higher and Ordinary Level students.
Shows 11am, 1pm, 3pm • Tickets €6
The Quiet Tree is an intimate participatory musical
performance designed for young children. The creatures
of Whistleberry Forest have discovered a little oak tree
growing deep in the woods. However, there are no birds
singing, no leaves rustling, and no animals scurrying
around its trunk. This delightful musical takes children and
accompanying adults on an adventure through the forest
where they explore instruments, sing, and dance, and help
Oran the owl, Sorley the snail, and Faolán the frog bring
the little oak tree to life.
A participating adult(s) should accompany children Maximum of two adults per child
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Film
A Journey
Through Time
Screening By James Mccarthy
Family
Saturday
Bryan Carr School of Performing Arts
26th
March
Saturday
19
th
Show 8pm – Tickets €16/€13
March
Music
Notify
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Shows 1pm & 7pm
Tickets €16/€13
Sunday
th
Monday
st
21
20
March
March
&
At the crossroads of Traditional Irish Music and ambient
electronica, NOTIFY breathes new life into Irish music and song,
with “a musical tapestry that ranges from soft melodies to
crashing crescendos”. Centred around the wizardry of concertina
player,Pádraig Rynne, the band is anchored by Cillian King on
guitars and vocals, Eoin Walsh on electric bass, Davie Ryan on
drums and Cormac McCarthy on piano and keyboards.
This classic Disney title contains all of the songs from the 1989
Academy Award® winning animated feature film as well as three
new songs from the 2008 Broadway show. THE LITTLE MERMAID
JR. takes place in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, where a
beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean
home to live in the world above. But first she’ll have to convince
a prince that she’s the girl with the perfect voice.
“Forward Looking, Stylistically adventurous… (Notify) challenges
received notions of Irish traditional music purity…” - New York Echo
This licenced performance is given by arrangement with JOSEF
WEINBERGER LIMITED, London
Show 7pm – Tickets €15 • Family of 4: €50
A historical journey through time, recording the day to-day life,
history and experiences of local people and places. Fenit is a
well- known, picturesque fishing village situated in Tralee Bay
surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and renowned for its unspoilt
beauty and breath-taking scenery. This documentary is dedicated
to those who have emigrated and will capture the hearts of
all those who have links to this beautiful part of the country. A
Journey Through Time is a treasure for future generations.
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Drama
Swing
Wednesday
Sunday
March
April
30
th to
Fishamble: The New Play Company
3rd
Show 8pm – Tickets €16/€14
An international hit, fresh from New York, Paris, Edinburgh
and New Zealand. Swing is a comedy about dancing and
music and love and not settling and feeling like an eejit and
being brave and having doubts and trying your best and
trying new things and thinking outside the box and seeing
things clearly and living as well as you can and giving it a
lash. With rock and roll music, it’ll make you want to dance.
Written by Steve Blount, Peter Daly, Gavin Kostick and
Janet Moran, directed by Peter Daly. Swing was developed
as part of Show in a Bag, an initiative of Dublin Fringe
Festival, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Irish
Theatre Institute to resource theatre makers and actors.
Musical
Tralee Musical Society
Tuesday
22nd
March
HHHHH New York Times
HHHHH The Scotsman
HHHHH Irish Theatre Magazine
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Shows: Wed 30th – Sat 2nd: 8pm
Sun 3rd: 2.30pm • Tickets €19/€17
Group of 10+: €16
Join the spectacularly talented and award-winning Tralee Musical Society ‘pitch-side’, for their exciting new production. Written
by Ben Elton and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Beautiful Game combines sports, politics, and a Romeo and Juliet
romance - an Irish story about young people on the verge of adulthood, wanting to love, play football and lead normal lives in
a city dominated by violence. Filled with dark humour and teenage awkwardness, this production is very much a game of two
halves as some bleak storylines contrast with comical and rousing football scenes.
While this musical carries a caution (some lyrics may cause offence), it is sure to leave the crowds of Tralee shouting GOAL!
Photo of original cast, by Pat Redmond
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Wednesday
Drama
The Great
Hunger
Directed by Terry O’Dea
April
Music
Left Behind:
The Widows of 1916
Ergodos
Show 8pm – Tickets €12/€10
Show 8pm • Tickets €18/€15
Peter Duffy’s powerful theatrical performance of
Patrick Kavanagh’s epic poem The Great Hunger
has been touring for the past eighteen months to
popular and critical acclaim. Generally considered to
be Patrick Kavanagh’s finest work, The Great Hunger
sharply delineates a life of economic and imaginative
privation in nineteen thirties and forties Ireland.
Left Behind is a unique new collection of songs marking
the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Drawing on the
experiences of women closely connected to the conflict,
including the wives of prominent rebel leaders, vocalist
Michelle O’Rourke and composer Simon O’Connor have
created a unique suite of compositions that offer an
emotional, human perspective on a narrative that is too
often told in baldly male heroic terms.
“A treat for the ear, the eye and the imagination.”
- Down Recorder
“..it is an outstanding performance.” - Galway Advertiser
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6th
With the addition of O’Connor’s former band-mates, this
small ensemble brings a volatile, dramatic energy to the
retelling of the stories of Lillie Connolly, Grace and Muriel
Gifford, Agnes Mallin and others.
Thursday
7th
April
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Family/Children
The Magic Bookshop
Monkeyshine Theatre
In Association with Roscommon Arts Centre
Sunday Monday
th &
th
10
11
April
April
Variety
Limelight
Tenacity School of Performing Arts
Saturday
9th
April
Shows 12noon, 1.15pm, 2.45pm, 4.45pm – Tickets €6
Welcome to The Magic Bookshop! It’s a treasure trove of wonders where old books flock together and their stories hop
from the pages. Peter and John work at the new arrivals desk. Great heaps of books have to be sorted and sometimes
sent to the dreaded shredder. The two friends do their very best to make sure every book gets a new life and that none of
the magic is lost. Step inside, swap a book and and maybe even take a little magic home with you.
An interactive experience for everyone over the age of 5. Please bring a gently used book to swap!
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Show 8pm • Tickets €15/12 • Family of 4: €50
A must see show for all the family with students performing from age three to twenty four years of age. With
outstanding choreography from Joanne O Connor, the students will pound the stage with lively dances in hip hop
and take you on an emotional journey with contemporary dances in groups and solos. Comedy sketches for all ages
guarantee smiles, and vocals in Musical Theatre come from all genres, guitars and group performances. This show
promises two great nights of entertainment. A show that will lift your spirits and have you singing along.
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Classical
Handel In Ireland
Lundstrom Art
Wednesday
13th
April
Show 8pm – Tickets €16/€13
Handel in Ireland, is Caitríona O’Leary and Dúlra’s celebration
of Handel’s sojourn in Ireland in 1742 and presents Irish music
of the time - songs and dances the composer may have heard and Handel’s compositions re-imagined by some of the world’s
leading traditional and world music stars.
Near the end of his stay Handel travelled to Cork. He stayed in
the great houses and would have been entertained by local
musicians. His musical curiosity ensured that he familiarised
himself with Irish music in all its forms. This concert was the hit
of the Handel Festival in Halle, Germany in 2015.
Caitríona O’Leary, Adrian Hart, Kate Ellis, Dónal Lunny, Eamonn
de Barra, Eamonn Galldubh, Matthias Loibner, and Andrea
Piccioni.
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Friday
Drama
Pleasure Ground
15th
April
Fregoli Theatre
Show 8pm • Tickets €19/€16
‘Back then I thought it was perfection. But things change. Oh yes, they do.’
A group of friends who’ve gone their separate ways meet back at their teenage haunt, the town,
park and playground, known as the Pleasure Ground. The town is dying, the Pleasure Ground’s
glory has faded, and life hasn’t quite matched up to youthful expectations. Over their night
together, buried secrets become unearthed, past grievances boil over, and scores are settled.
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Drama
Madame
De Markievicz
On Trial
Saturday
16
th
The New Theatre
April
Show 8pm – Tickets €18/€15
Madame de Markievicz on Trial is set in a courtroom and a prison cell
during a trial in 1917. All of the characters are based on actual people,
with the exception of the prosecutor, William May, who through all
aspects of Markievicz’s life, challenging the misinformation created
by post 1916 propaganda. Witnesses’ testimonies are interwoven
to show Markievicz as a multi-dimensional woman in contrast with
the one-dimensional icon frequently presented. The audience will
be the ultimate judge as they leave the theatre – innocent or guilty?
Directed by Anthony Fox
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Friday
th
Sunday
24th
Ballet
April
Born To Dance
Kerry School of Music Dance Academy
Shows 12noon & 4pm - Tickets €12
Family of 4: €44 • Family of 5: €55
Students of the Kerry School of Music Ballet and Modern
Dance Department go through their paces in a rich and varied
dance tapestry devised and directed by dance teacher and
choreographer Colette Maguire Jensen.
6May
to
Sunday
th
8May
Variety
Musical Magic
Oliver Hurley School of Musical Theatre
Shows Fri 6th May: 7.30pm
Sat 7th & Sun 8th at 2.30pm
Tickets €14/€12 • Family of 4: €50
Following on from the sell-out Christmas Panto, The Wizard of Oz,
award winning director Oliver Hurley presents a variety of musical
theatre excerpts from West Side Story, Michael Jackson, Moulin
Rouge, Blood Brothers, The Lion King and many, many more. This
production is full of dynamic dance routines and beautiful musical
numbers performed by some of the best up-and-coming young
performers around. A show for all the family that will help kick off
your summer.
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Thursday
21
st
April
Saturday
to
23
rd
April
TOCHT
Festival of Dance
Join us for TOCHT and three full days of dance with an
exciting programme and a great line-up of local, national and
international guest artists.
There will also be a work in progress, THE CASEMENT PROJECT by Feargus Ó Conchúir. This is a piece that has been
chosen as one of nine proposals in the Arts Council’s 2016 Open Call for National Projects and is included as one of
the major events of the Centanary year 2016.
Whether you are a veteran or new to dance, TOCHT will offer something for all. There will be a creative DANCE
WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN, a DANCE CLASS FOR THE ACTIVE RETIRED and also, why not try and experience
step dancing with one of the Anam artists! Partake in a class or simply sit back and enjoy the performances.
We are delighted to include DANCE FILM as part of the TOCHT Dance Festival 2016 , in conjunction with Mary
Wycherly, Light Moves Festival of Dance.
The full festival programme with details on classes, talks and performances
will be published on www.siamsatire.com in February 2016.
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Dance
Anam
Friday
Saturday
April
April
22
nd &
23rd
National Folk Theatre of Ireland
Show 8pm – Tickets €18/€15
Co-commissioned by Dublin Dance Festival and The
National Folk Theatre of Ireland, Anam (meaning ‘soul’)
brings together the skills of five world-class step dancers
from the US, Canada and Ireland in an exhilarating fusion
of styles.
Authentic and raw, this percussive dance piece explores
the similarities and differences between the dancers, each
with their own distinct hard shoe style. Anam attests to the
tradition of ‘passing on’; celebrating the dance’s essential
spirit, yet injecting it with fresh energy to create something
new. Performed with live music and song by acclaimed
musician Fergal O’Murchú.
Featuring dancers Matthew Olwell (Appalachian Flat Foot)
Jonathan Kelliher (North Kerry “Munnix”) Nathan Pilatzke
(Ottawa Valley, Canada) and John Fitzgerald (Modern Irish).
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Kids’ Workshops
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Kids’ Workshop
Easter Craft
Workshops
with artist Caoimhe Dunn
Monday
Wednesday
21st 23rd
to
March
March
Celebrate Easter with Caoimhe Dunne
who has some crafty ideas for Easter decorations!
Kids’ Workshop
Brick Flicks
Createschool
Thursday
31
st
March
Friday
&
1st
April
There’s a variety of workshops to choose from
• Make an Easter Basket and Decorate your own egg.
• Eggy Animals - transform an egg into an Easter chick.
• Easter Rabbit - make an Easter Bunny Mask!
Caoimhe Dunn studied Fine Art, and Model-making and Design in DLIADT, but
first developed an interest in puppetry and mask making with Dun Laoghaire’s
Red Lemon Youth Theatre. Caoimhe has created masks for productions by
Dublin Lyric Players and for the National Library’s Yeats Exhibition, and has
facilitated many workshops for children in puppetry, circus and mask-making.
For bookings and further information please contact Siamsa Tíre Box Office
on 066-7123055 or www.siamsatire.com
Brick Flicks deliver stop motion workshops that make Lego characters come alive! Cast
your favourite Lego character in your very own movie which will be set in landscapes
and settings that you will design and create with a variety of materials (all supplied).
Using a combination of readily available digital mobile technology, hand-made sets
and LEGO mini figures we encourage children to create stop motion movies. Working
in small groups, they will learn how to collaborate to design their own sets, script,
storyboard, film, edit and produce their own Brick Flicks masterpiece.
Attendance at the workshops involves attending either both morning or both
afternoon sessions. Places are limited. Suitable for 8+
Thursday 31st March
10.30am - 1.00pm
& 2.30pm - 5.00pm
Friday 1st April
10.30am - 1.00pm
& 2.30pm - 5.00pm
Cost €9 [covers two sessions]
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Visual Arts
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Saturday
Saturday
12th 6th
to
December
February
Song of the Sea:
The Exhibition
Friday
19
th
February
Friday
to
25th
March
In association with the Butler Gallery & Cartoon Saloon
Sati
Tralee Art Group
Tralee Art Group, under the tutelage of creative
practitioner Rebeka Wall, is delighted to present to you
‘Sati’ or ‘Trempa’ which means ‘being in the moment’
in Sanskrit. A fresh smorgasboard of paintings in
oils, acrylic, watercolours and multimedia for your
delectation.
Song of the Sea is a visually stunning and moving story of Ben and his little sister Saoirse – the last Seal-child –
who embark on a fantastic journey across a fading world of ancient legend and magic in an attempt to return
to their home by the sea. This interactive, multi-media exhibition of original drawings, prints, storyboards,
animation and music provides an imaginative and accessible insight into the movie-making process and reveals
what was involved in creating this Oscar© nominated film.
Song of the Sea: The Exhibition is curated by the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny in collaboration with Cartoon Saloon
and designed by Designgoat.
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Visual Arts
On Doubt
Art For A New Country
Heros And Anti-Heros In Irish Art
Of The Past 100 Years
Denis Buckley
Artist Denis Buckley’s new work for Siamsa explores
doubt in the life of any idealog.
Wednesday
17th
February
Catherine Marshall
His Unfinished & Abandoned 2016 Painting,
being almost 5metres in width and 2 metres high,
dominates the main gallery. The abandoned work
opens a discourse on doubt and failure and questions
why such negative attributes predominate in the
lives of those who pursue the realisation of an ideal.
The accompanying moving image work On Doubt,
vociferously and poetically explores the dual themes
in a series of exterior and interior performances to
camera.
A discussion between artist and Dr. Barry O’Donnell,
Director of The School of Psychotherapy at St.
Vincent’s University Hospital, on the subject of
desire will also take place during the exhibition.
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Lecture Series
Lecture 7pm • Fee: €5
Friday
1
st
April
Friday
to
29th
As part of our Visual Arts programme
for 2015-16, Siamsa Tíre has invited
Art Historian, Catherine Marshall to
deliver a series of lectures which reflect
on the development of Irish Art since
the foundation of the state. Catherine
Marshall is an art historian, curator, and
critical writer. Both lectures will be fully
illustrated.
Catherine Marshall looks at heroes, both men and women and
the ways in which they have been used as tools of nationalist
propaganda, as ways of re-enforcing patriarchy, or as a more
ambiguous means of questioning our identity. The lecture will
look at how Irish artists, both at home and abroad have taken
responsibility for their Irishness as embodied in portraits,
history pictures and public monuments and memorials.
April
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December
24th, 25th, 26th & 27th
Mon 28th (BH) Tues 29th & Wed 30th
Thurs 31st (New Year’s Eve)
WANT TO ACT ON STAGE?
DEVISE • ACT ENSEMBLE • IMPROVISE • BE INSPIRED
CREATE • EXPRESS YOURSELF • WRITE
Sessions take place in Siamsa Tíre every Saturday
from 4-7pm. Annual membership is €75 and new
members aged 15-20 are welcome!
COME ON, BE RADICAL!
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To find out more, call Derwin or Catríona
on 066 7123055 or email
[email protected]
Closed
12noon to 5pm
10am – 6pm
10am - 2pm
January
1st - New Year’s Day
From 2nd: Monday – Saturday Sunday Closed
10am – 6pm
5pm – 8pm*
February
Monday – Saturday Sunday 10am – 6pm
5pm – 8pm*
March
Monday – Saturday Sunday Thursday 17th (St Patrick’s Day)
Friday 25th (Good Friday)
Monday 28th (Easter Monday) 10am – 6pm
5pm – 8pm*
Closed
Closed
Closed
April
Monday – Saturday Sunday 10am – 6pm
5pm – 8pm*
Opening Hours
On evenings where a performance is scheduled for the theatre,
the Box Office will remain open until 7.30pm for general and
phone bookings, and until 7.50pm for ‘in person’ tickets for
that night’s performance.
TICKET EXCHANGES/REFUNDS Once purchased, tickets
cannot be exchanged or refunds given. Refunds will only be
made in the event of a cancelled performance.
LATECOMERS Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable
break in the performance.
WHEELCHAIR USERS Wheelchair spaces are available within
the building. Please inform the Box Office when you book your
tickets and they will be able to advise you on suitable seating.
HARD OF HEARING An induction loop is in operation in the
auditorium for patrons with hearing difficulties. People with
hearing aids should set them to ‘T’.
CHANGE OF ADVERTISED PROGRAMME Siamsa Tíre reserves
the right to add, withdraw or substitute artists and vary the
advertised programme if necessary.
*Only when a performance is scheduled for that night
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At a Glance
JANUARY
2 & 3
4 – 24
27-30
The Wizard of Oz
Annual Maintenance
Les Miserables
FEBRUARY
3
Viennese Strauss Gala
4
Aran Islands
6
The Nualas: The Glitterbomb Tour
10 Ergodos Musicians
11Skiddlywup
12
Language Unbecoming A Lady
13 Bake
17 Art For New Country: Heros And Anti-Heros
18
Reeling In The Showband Years
21
St John’s Pipe Band (Pipe & Drums)
24 & 25 CrissCross
27
Catch Me
28 & 29 Springtime Variety Show
Siamsa Tíre,
Town Park, Tralee,
Co. Kerry, Ireland
E. [email protected]
www.siamsatire.com
MARCH
APRIL
1
Albert Hammond Live!
3
Women and the 1916 Rising
4
Young-Choon Park
5
The Speks
10-12
Sweeney Todd
12
The Book Clinic
14
Caith Amach É
19
The Quiet Tree
19Notify
20 & 21
The Little Mermaid Jr.
21 - 23 Easter Egg Workshops
22Swing
26
A Journey Through Time
30 – 3Apr
The Beautiful Game
6
The Great Hunger
7
Left Behind - The Widows Of 1916
9
The Magic Bookshop
10 & 11 Limelight
13
Handel In Ireland
15 Pleasure Ground
16 Madame De Markievicz On Trial
21 - 23 Tocht Dance Festival
24
Born to Dance
Box Office 066 7123055
MAY
6 – 8
Musical Magic
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